National Human Rights Mechanism welcomes cooperation of UPR Mechanism Secretariat

In a statement issued today, the National Human Rights Mechanism welcomed the cooperation of the Secretariat of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Mechanism, especially the effort made to correct the participation of the Sudanese delegation headed by the acting Undersecretary of the Ministry of Justice.

Hereunder Sudan News Agency publishes unofficial translation of the text of the statement issued by the National Human Rights Mechanism:-

“The National Human Rights Mechanism welcomes the cooperation of the UPR mechanism’s secretariat, especially the effort to correct the participation of the Sudanese delegation headed by the acting Undersecretary of the Ministry of Justice in the UPR session at its 40th session.

It refers to its clarification statement issued on January 31, regarding the protocol complications that prevented the Sudanese delegation from participating in the review session of Sudan’s third report submitted to the UPR mechanism, and expresses its welcome to the steps taken by the Human Rights Council to adopt the official Sudan delegation headed by

the Ministry of Justice and membership of relevant parties to the report.

Based on that, the Mechanism welcomes the decision of the Human Rights Council, in consultation with the acting Charge d’Affaires of the Permanent Mission of Sudan in Geneva, to postpone the session that was scheduled to be held today, the first of February, to tomorrow, February 2, 2022, and to confirm the participation of the official delegation, which led to Sudan’s approval to participate in tomorrow’s session.

The National Human Rights Mechanism affirms its keenness to cooperate with all international and regional human rights mechanisms, especially the Human Rights Council, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the country office of the office of the High Commissioner.

Commending the existing cooperation with all these institutions, it renews Sudan’s commitment to all international charters concerned with human rights and cooperation for the protection and promotion of these rights.”